Plan your travel this bank holiday weekend

With a busy bank holiday weekend fast approaching, Portsmouth City Council is advising visitors and residents to plan ahead and take full advantage of the excellent public transport services the city has to offer.

Portsmouth residents are encouraged to leave their cars at home wherever possible and walk, cycle or use public transport to travel round the city over the bank holiday weekend.

Organisers of theVictorious Festival, which takes place on Southsea Seafront from Friday 24 to Sunday 26 August, are asking event goers to use public transport and the special services which have been arranged for the event, including a Victorious park and ride.

Starting from Lakeside North Harbour Car Park (PO6 3EN) the park and ride service will operate from midday to midnight on Friday 24 August and 9am to midnight over the weekend and costs £5 for adults and £3 for children. With buses running every eight minutes (every four minutes at peak times), it is the quickest and easiest way to reach the festival.

Gosport Ferry and the Hayling Ferry will also be running special festival services, and for those choosing to cycle a bike park will be available near Entrance C.

ThePortsmouth Park & Ridewill run extra services for the bank holiday weekend, extending its service to accommodate Victorious. Festival goers can use the Portsmouth Park & Ride to travel to the Hard Interchange, a 25 minute walk to the festival site, or with a Park & Ride + Hoverbus ticket can alight at Clarence Pier. The last bus will leave the Hard Interchange at a quarter past midnight.

Between 10:30pm to midnight on Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights Duisburg Way, Clarence Parade, Avenue de Caen and Palmerston Road will be closed to all traffic while festival goers leave the event. Clarendon Road will operate a one way system and will be open for buses and taxis only. Pick up areas are at Exit D by the Rock Gardens, and to the west at Victoria Avenue. Roads will reopen as soon as possible after crowds have dispersed.

Some residential roads surrounding the festival site will be closed to through traffic from 10.30pm to midnight for the three day period. Access will be for residents only.

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